Comparison

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin vs IMPULSation

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin

This audio plugin acts as a noise gate for digital audio workstations, allowing users to suppress unwanted background noise from microphones or instruments. It offers fine-grained control over attack, release, and hold times, along with filtering to remove hum and hiss, ensuring subtle sounds are preserved.

Highlights
  • AUv3 compatible plugin
  • Suppresses background noise
  • Controllable attack, release, and hold
  • High and low pass filtering
  • Preserves subtle sounds
Currently charting
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This is an AUv3 compatible noise gate which can be used as a plugin with your favourite DAW such as Cubasis, Meteor, GarageBand or Auria. Anyone working in a live recording environment whether that be with a microphone or a high gain guitar effects will feel the need to suppress unwanted noise. This gated noise gate allows you to suppress any background noise over a specified level by a chosen suppression amount. This allows subtle sounds to still be heard as opposed to the brick wall approach. The effect has controllable attack, release and hold times as well as high and low pass filtering to eliminate main hum and hiss. This is one of a series of AUv3 compatible plugins available from 4Pockets;

About

IMPULSation

This app is a powerful convolution reverb that lets you load custom impulse responses for endless sound possibilities. Recreate classic amp tones, spaces, and delays with optimized signal processing. It offers a user-friendly interface with essential controls for precise sound shaping.

Highlights
  • Load custom impulse responses (.wav, .aif)
  • AUv3 and AAX plugin support
  • 88 factory presets
  • MIDI Learn and Program Change
  • Pre-Delay, Wet/Dry, Decay controls
  • Stereo Widener
  • iCloud Backup and Sharing
Features
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IMPULSation is an impulse response/convolution reverb that allows you to load in your own impulses for an an unlimited amount of neverb and amp possibilities. To give you an idea of the power of this app: There are literally hundreds of thousands of impulses freely available online and our app will load them all, given that it’s properly formatted in either .wav or .aif format. Say for example you have an electric piano sound that you want to run through a classic Fender™ AMP. You do a web search for “Fender AMP Impulses” and pick from the thousands of possibilities. You will literally spend hours upon hours freely downloading all of the available spaces, amps, reverbs, and/or delays to use within your favorite AUv3 DAW. The technology of convolving and deconvolving is a method of putting in a signal through an amp, reverb unit, delay unit, or space and with sophisticated mathematical interpolations techniques, you can create a very close replica of the actual source. Our IMPULSation is specifically designed for AMPs, reverbs, delays, and spaces of which our code is optimized to detect which is being used. The detection allows us to optimize the signal for better CPU and for optimal sound. As with all of our other apps, our goal is always simplicity with power. We give you all the important features needed for a great sound, without being too complex. The features are as follows: NEW UPDATED FEATURES: ▪ BlueTooth MiDI Capable ▪ iCloud Backup and Sharing of Presets ▪ Enhanced AUv3 Preset Resizing ▪ Expansion Pack Banners and Branding ▪ Metal support, Faster UI, Faster loading, and major CPU Updates ▪ Two Mode MIDI Program Change General Features: - AUv3 - AAX - 88 Factory Presets - The ability to load in your own impulses using the iOS files app (Works With External Drives via iPadOS) - MIDI Learn parameter **SPECIAL NOTE: Importing works by selecting a folder with .aif or .wav files in it and all of the files will be imported from that folder. App Controls: - Pre-Delay - Wet Controls with Range control for precise scaling - Dry Controls - Decay Controls - Waveform View - Stereo Widener that enhances pre-stereo signals - Master Output Includes Over 200 Impulses from very popular vintage reverb units: - LEX200 - LEX480X - RLND RE201 - RLND DEP3 Echo - EMT 244 - NBA Lush - ASR-10/DP4 - Exotic Places - Special FX ------- ATTENTION iFX Rack Users: 1. The default reverbs are the ones from the FantasyVerb 2. We will be offering a paid IAP option to import impulses. ---------------- Terms and Privacy Notices: • EULA Terms of use - https://gospelmusicians.com/EULA.html • Privacy Policy - https://gospelmusicians.com/privacy-policy.html • Terms and Conditions - https://gospelmusicians.com/terms-conditions.html

Screenshots

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin2 screens
IMPULSation4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin at 100% against IMPULSation's 50%. Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.7) and price ($5.99 vs $9.99). IMPULSation's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 42 months) and ratings volume (14 vs 4). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and chart position there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin costs $5.99 and IMPULSation $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin's written reviews are positive against 50% of IMPULSation's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin ships an update every 42 months, IMPULSation every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin versus IMPULSation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoise Gate AUv3 PluginIMPULSation
Price$5.99 — better$9.99
Rating4.5 (4 ratings) — better3.7 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings414 — better
Update frequencyEvery 42 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#195#176 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.3 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB139 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer4Pockets.comMIDIculous LLC

Customer experience

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

IMPULSation

All ratings14 ratings
Positive64.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative21.4%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin

No in-app purchases

None

IMPULSation

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin free?
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is IMPULSation free?
IMPULSation costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin or IMPULSation?
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin is rated higher. Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin averages 4.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while IMPULSation averages 3.7 from 14 ratings.
Do Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin or IMPULSation have ads?
Neither Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin nor IMPULSation shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin or IMPULSation?
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin ships an update every 42 months, and IMPULSation every 4 months. Most recently, Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin was updated on October 16, 2026 and IMPULSation on September 26, 2026.
Which is more popular, Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin or IMPULSation?
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin currently peaks at #195 in the App Store charts, and IMPULSation at #176. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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